Top connection between alpha hame strap and hame



April 13 1926.

A. RAHN ET AL TOP CONNECTIONBETWEEN A HAME STRAP AND HAME 1,580,2TU KFiled March 3, 1925 ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 13, 1926.

ALBERT RAHN AND JOSEPH WEBER, OF NEUSTADT, CANADA.

TOP CONNECTION BETWEEN A HAME STRAP AND HAME.

Application filed March 3, 1925. Serial No. 12,917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT RAHN and JosErH WEBER, both subjects of theKing of Great Britain, and residents of the V11- lage of Neustadt, '1the county of Grey, 1n the Province of ntario, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvement-s is Top Connections Between a HameStrap and Hame, of which the following is the specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in top hame, and the object of theinvention is to devise a simple readily detachable connection betweenthe top hame strap and the hame, which will be secure and readilyadjusted, and it consists essentially of the arrangement andconstruction of parts as hereinafter more particularly explained.

F ig. 1 is a perspective view .of a hame member, a portion of the tophame strap and our connection between the top hame strap and hamemember.

Flg. 2 is an enlarged plan sectional detail through the hame member andhame strap, and our connecting means.

Fi 3 is a transverse sectional view on line Fig. 4 is a perspectivedetail of an alternative structure.

Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view through Fig. 4;. p

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in each figure.

1 indicates a hame member provided with a reenforcing metallic band 1",in which is formed in proximity to its upward end a series of-transverserecesses 1 for a'purpose which will hereinafter appear.

2 is a portion of a top hame strap which is detachably connected to thehame member 1.

We now will describe such connecting means.

3 is a loop portion extending aroundthe hame, the transverse portion 3of such loop member being adapted to fit into any one of the transverserecesses 1.

4 is a transverse loop through which the connection between a hame strapand top hame strap 2 passes as clearly indicated in Figure 2.

5 and 6 are cylindrical portions connecting each side portion of theloop 3 with the ends of the transverse loop 4. The loop 3, cylindricalportions 5 and 6 and transverse loop 4, form-an integral unit. The innerwall of each cylindrical portion 5 and 6 is provided with a longitudinalslot 7.

8 is a compression spring fitting within each cylindrical portion 5 and6.

9 is atransverse plate having reduced por tions 10 extending through theslots 7, so as to bear against the ends of the compression springs 8within the tubular portions 5 and 6. a y a In order to detach the upperhame strap from the hame member 1, all that it is necessary to do is tograsp the hame strap and force it and its connection towards the hamemember held stationary by the other hand of the operator, therebyforcing the plate 9 against the hame member so as to compress thesprings 8 and by the same movement carrying the loop member 3 in thedirection of arrow, see Fig. 2, to carry the transverse portion 3thereof out of the transverse groove 1. The connection may then beremoved upward over the upper end of thehame. The same operation isperformed in order to move the transverse portion 3 of the loop 3 intoone or the otherof the transverse grooves 1.

In Figs. 4 and 5, we have shown an alternative form. In this form 27 isa supplemental plate secured to the reenforcing strip of the hame byscrews 28, suchplate being provided with a perforation 29.

30 isa loop extending around the hame and provided with a projection 31fitting into the perforation 29. A series of perforations may beprovided if desired.

In this form 32 is the hame strap which passes through the inner end ofthe loop and bears against the hame member, so as to retain theprojection 31 within the perforation 29.

From this description it will be seen that we have devised a very simpleform of connection between the top strap of the hame and the hamemember, Which may be easily removed Whenever desired, or adjusted inposition.

Vhat We claim as our invention is:

In a hame, the combination with a hame member and top strap of the hame,of a looped member extending around the hame member and to the inner endof Which the top strap is connected, tubular portions formed integralWith the loop sides and 10 having longitudinal slotted inner Walls,compression springs located in such tubular portions, and a transverseplate bearing against the inner edge of the hame and extending throughthe slots to bear upon the 15 ends of the compression springs.

ALBERT RAHN.

JOSEPH WEBER.

